Varaha Purana 2.39: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 39

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative

Devanagari script

पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः स्मृताः । प्राकृतो वैकृतश्चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः ॥ २.३८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 2.39

Transliteration

pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtāstu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ | prākṛto vaikṛtaś caiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 2.38 ||

Translation

Diese fünf werden als «vaikṛta»-Schöpfungen (veränderte/abgeleitete) erinnert, während drei als «prākṛta»-Schöpfungen (ursprüngliche) gelten. Ferner werden das Prākṛta und das Vaikṛta (zusammen) sowie die «Kaumāra»-Schöpfung als die neunte erinnert.

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Word by Word

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of sargāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like in form here; used as adjective to plural noun (बहुवचनार्थे)

• ete: these
• ete: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of sargāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vaikṛtāḥ: modified/secondary (vaikṛta)
• vaikṛtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of sargāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaikṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sargāḥ: creations
• sargāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• prākṛtāḥ: primary/natural (prākṛta)
• prākṛtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; predicative with implied 'are')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; of implied sargāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: traya (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्या), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• smṛtāḥ: are said/are regarded
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत्: क्त/क्तप्रत्ययान्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); passive sense ‘are said/considered’

• prākṛtaḥ: prākṛta (primary)
• prākṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaikṛtaḥ: vaikṛta (secondary)
• vaikṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaikṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निपात)

• kaumāraḥ: kaumāra (pertaining to Kumāra)
• kaumāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of implied sargaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• navamaḥ: ninth
• navamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of implied sargaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• smṛtaḥ: is said/considered
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); passive predicate ‘is said’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic scheme for classifying types of creation (sarga), reflecting an early Indian intellectual effort to systematize cosmology through categories such as prākṛta (primordial) and vaikṛta (derivative).

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is classificatory and cosmological rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is methodological—encouraging careful categorization and distinction between primordial nature (prakṛti) and its modifications (vikṛti) when describing the cosmos.